Mulberry Magic

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Two sisters were princesses of a jade wood

As her psyche was wise, the older was Sophia

As her eyes were like stars, the younger was Estelle

Their father was held by a magician everything but good

Until his captor lost power, he'd sleep and never stir

The villain sought Sophia's hand and she rejected boldly

Coldly, he banished them from home and each other

Before they even cried farewell

The sisters were once royalty, but now separately housed oiketai

Estelle became a merchant's and Sophia a king's

Obedient and reliable they became, though they loved each other as before

They prayed and longed for each other as time went by

Callous and demanding their masters behaved

Sophia almost turned stone when she could rest

Estelle gladly slept in soil and never wanted to get up

Neither knew their lives would soon change forevermore

Estelle's fellow slave and dear friend Blaise, slept with dreams worrying

He moaned in his sleep, she roused him and petrified

In his dream he was burning alive and a kind man wet the blaze

He then asked him to go to the tomb of Pericles hurrying

Where he and his party was to eat the fruit of a mulberry tree

Estelle knew it was her father, thus they soon headed out

Sophia had the same dream and rushed to the grave in her rags

The travelers encountered and sisters embraced with amaze

Meanwhile the magician had seized the captor king

His kingdom now under more ruthless forces and rules

He found Sophia was a slave to this house and escaped

He called that her friends and self men would bring

To him so she'd suffer for her marital refusal

The trio endured their odyssey by generous and self-sacrificing behavior

Even their lives they'd forsake for their companions

Faced with beasts they all supported, faced with boredom they all japed

They hurried to Pericles' tomb and ate the fruit of a mulberry tree

Shyly they realized they had no directions afterwards

Estelle found shelter with a widow to rest and discuss the next day

At dawn they heard cross footsteps and tried to flee

But soldiers abundant as grass seized and struck them

They waited in a damp cell for the magician condemned them to flames

For her friends' death rather than her own Estelle sobbed

If only she found someone who wouldn't betray

Estelle slumped on the floor like she was already dead

She stayed miserable and motionless despite her friends consolation attempts

Crying, "If only I burned and you both were still slaves!"

Her friends embraced her simultaneously, their own surrounded her head

Sophia softly whispered, "I will love you unto death and ever after."

Blaise then likewise said "Today and hereafter as will I."

Smiling while crying, Estelle returned their synchronized affection

Now reminded even if they died they'd be reborn in their graves

The magician sat high in the theater to seal his prisoners' end

He saw them led out and tied to their stakes with the attention of an eagle

With her bound hands, Estelle prayed their killers, mercy would obtain

Fire flogged them and it would till the end, but then the theatre in chaos did descend

The magician suddenly vanished and the event filled the mass with fright

Some wet the blazes, the ropes were singed but the heroes were safe

The wood king suddenly flew to their side on a jade Pegasus

The reunion was more than enough reward for their recent pain

They all boarded the horse and the king explained the events as they flew

The mulberry's magic feeds off the true beauty of the consumer

Then if adequate it would vanquish evil and aid the pure and upright

The magic protected the victims and turned the villain to a shrew

The magician would turn human when he became kind and told the truth

Soon they found his kingdom wood, their home until their true one

Though they were just friends before, Estelle and Blaise fell in love one day

The four ruled justly and lived joyfully as they followed the world's true light